Some dude created an OKC Thunder beer pong table with an automatic ball washer
On April 30th, we introduced you to the cool Suzuki X-90 Thundermobile that was painted by local Thunder super fan Drew Hooper. The following weekend, Jenni Carlson then wrote about the car in the Oklahoman,. She even called it a “Thundermobile,” too,
Anyway, here’s a sneak peek at Jenni Carlson’s next article in the Oklahoman. It’s an Oklahoma City Thunder beer pong table…with a ball washer:
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Some guy posted a Craigslist “Missed Connection” about a girl he saw at trivia night
It’s hard to believe, but we’ve been hosting FREE Team Trivia at the 51st Street Speakeasy for nearly two years. During that time frame, we asked about 4,000 trivia questions, given away over $15,000 and have even got to know one very grumpy Persian guy.
Anyway, if you haven’t come out and played yet at The Speakeasy (Tuesdays) or O’Connell’s (Thursdays) you probably should. Not only can you win money and learn an interesting fact or two, but you can also meet the white shorts-wearing girl of your dreams.
Or at least desperately seek her out on CraigsList “Missed Connections:”
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Here are 10 very weird Oklahoma laws
You know what’s dumb? Laws.
You know what’s really dumb? Passing a law that prohibits something that was already illegal in the state. That’s what North Carolina did yesterday. It’s official, y’all. Amendment One passed and gay marriage, something that already wasn’t legal in North Carolina, is constitutionally illegal.
This got me to thinking. Oklahoma legislators tend to have the same zeal for making stupid decisions regarding out laws. I don’t think anyone would consider us a very forward-thinking state, especially when you consider all the time and money spent on the personhood amendment that was deemed unconstitutional by the state supreme court. Factor our nearly Prohibition Era liquor laws and how many cities still have laws on the books that prohibit African-Americans from being within city limits after sundown (seriously, if you live in a suburb of Oklahoma City, you’re town probably has one of these) and you have a pretty silly mix of laws that really make us look pretty bad.
Anyway, I did some Internet searching on some of those “strange laws” websites and compiled a list of the 10 weirdest ones in Oklahoma. I’m not 100% sure if they are all real, but since they are on the internet, they probably are. Here they are:
10. It is illegal for the owner of a bar to allow anyone inside to pretend to have sex with a buffalo.
This seems pretty logical for me, Buffalos are big sweaty creatures that smell terrible and most likely aren’t able to fit inside a bar. I like how they limited this to buffalos though. Rumble the Bison, you have my number. Wanna go get a drink sometime?
9. One may not promote a “horse tripping event.”
I don’t know why anyone would trip horses or if this was a thing that Oklahomans used to do for fun. Luckily, though, if you own a race track, horses can totally trip as much as they want as long as you don’t promote the event as one in which the horse will trip. I guess this is Oklahoma’s nod to animal protection laws.
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The Mud Baby went storm chasing…
Back in February, we published a post about KWTV News 9′s big sweeps story on Aleah Crago (a.k.a. The Mud Baby). In it, we focused on claims by several Ogle Moles that News 9 climbed down the slippery slope of paying for news by allegedly offering Crago a scholarship and chance to ride with a storm chaser in return for the exclusive rights to her story.
Well, we’re now in the heart of May sweeps and look who went for a ride with Val:
In 1999, a tornado tore Aleah Crago from her mother’s arms. A Sheriff’s Deputy found the 10 month old 100 yards away, covered in mud. The touching rescue was caught on dash cam video.
We reintroduced you to Aleah in February 2012 and learned this 7th grader’s dream is to be a storm chaser. With help from Gary England’s team, we gave her a jumpstart on her career.
Watch the video to see what happened when Aleah teamed up with News 9 Storm Tracker Val Castor on several storm chasing adventures across Oklahoma.
Channel 9 still hasn’t confirmed or denied to us that they offered the scholarship, but this seems to confirm our suspicions that they offered some sort of compensation in return for a news story. That’s pretty shady even by local news standards. Pretty soon News 9 at 10:00pm is just going to be Kelly Ogle hanging out in the news room and chatting up the day’s top news stories with his producers and reporters.
Also, maybe this chubby News 9 cameraman who questioned the knowledge — and even existence — of the Ogle Mole Network back when we broke the original story will offer us an apology. Here’s he message he wrote on our Facebook Wall:
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The world’s grumpiest old guy prank dialed and talked dirty to 911 operators
If I was a lonely and bitter 72-year-old man, I’d probably do some stupid things to kill time. You know, crazy stuff like shoplift, steal cars and walk around the mall every damn morning. One thing I wouldn’t do, though, is prank call 911. Not only is it illegal, but those people have call tracers on their phones!
Anyway, the poster senior citizen for angry old men — Clyde Hobbs (pictured above) — recently learned that the hard way.
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The five most “controversial” works of art in Oklahoma.
Wayne Coyne’s art gallery, The Womb, is the center of some controversy. Some citizens (a.k.a. News 9 commenters) are upset about the proposed sign above, which depicts a robot riding a Pegasus. Personally, I don’t understand what is so offensive about it. Perhaps they are upset because the robot is about to get wet from whatever that thing is above it… I dunno.
This sign is on 9th street in Automobile Alley, you know, across the street from that burger “joint.” Sure, a business owner can make reference to an illegal drug, but God forbid an artist paint a picture of robots on their sign. By the way, the burgers there are good whether you’re stoned or sober.
Anywho, this proposed sign isn’t offensive at all. It has nothing on the five most controversial art pieces in the state. Here they are:
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This guy had some fun while tripping on psychedelic mushrooms
You know you’ve entered a new era of your life when you still have a hangover on Tuesday from the debauchery you participated in on Saturday. While Patrick might have blown his life savings blogger’s salary on a bar tab, I was happy to learn that my moderately risqué apparel paid dividends. Nothing comes without a price though, and that chick you saw dancing by herself in a corner may or may not have been me. Thanks for the beverages, kind readers. My dignity may no longer be fully intact, but at least my bank account didn’t suffer in the process.
Anyway, it appears as though I’m not the only one in the greater Tulsa area that had a ridiculous weekend. The picture above isn’t lost footage from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It’s not a topless photo of the football coach from Glee either. This is actually the King of Germany–or, at least he thought he was, but then a vigilante tackled him to the ground and his psychedelic mushroom trip came to a sudden halt.
From News on 6:
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Mike Morgan and Dan Threlkeld don’t like each other
Before he was the Chief Meteorologist for KJRH Channel 2 in Tulsa, Dan Threlkeld was the “Number 2″ weatherman for KFOR Channel 4 in Oklahoma City.
Dan was basically an unattractive male version of Emily Sutton. He was affable, quirky and really liked to sing. In fact, Dan was the MC of the Year at the Oklahoma Opry four times and even placed in the Oklahoma Opry’s Hall of Fame. I know about that meaningful information because Dan mentions it in his KJRH bio.
Anyway, last week Dan blogged about his role in covering the May 3rd, 1999 tornado outbreak for Channel 4. In the post, we learned a very interesting tidbit:
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